Cattle-stanchion.



Patented July 3, I900.

W. D. CASE.

CATTLE STANGHION.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CATTLE-STANCHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,066, dated July 3,1900.

. Application filed April 4, 1899. Serial No. 711,681- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER DENISON (bass, of Granby, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedCattle-stanchion, of which the following is a full, clear,and exactdescription.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a cattle-stanchion by whichthe stock may be securely yet comfortably held and which may bemanipulated with ease. and expedition, which end is attained byproviding the stanchion with upper and lower end sections adapted to beshackled to the sills of the stable and having each a semicircularshape, such end sections carrying side sections, one of which is hingedto the lower end section and secured to the upper end section by certainnovel devices forming an automatic latch.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the stanchion. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is adetail section on the line 3 3 of Fig.2.

The upper and lower end sections 4 and 5 of the stanchion areconstructed, preferably, of cast metal and are approximatelysemicircular in form. The upper section 4 is formed with a socket 6, inwhich the ball 8 at the end of a rod 9 is universally fitted. The upperend of the rod 9 has an eye 10, engaged with an eye 11 on a rod 12 whichrod in turn is joined to a bolt 14, fastened in the sill 15 of thestall. The lower section 5 has a socket 16, in which is fitted the ball18 of a rod 17, which rod has an eye 19, engaged with a clevis 20,pivoted on a bolt 21 attached to the lower sill 22 of the stall. Bythese means the stanchion is mounted so that it may be turned around ona vertical axis or swerved from side to side with entire freedom ofmovement, thus holding the stock comfortably as well as securely. Theend sections 4 and 5 may be formed integrally of two cheek-or sideplates joined by a web extending between them. At the left hand side ofthe end sections 4 and 5 a side bar 23 is rigidly fastened, the ends ofthe bar projecting between the cheek-plates and being bolted thereto. Atthe right-hand side 01": the stanchion the side bar- 24 is arranged. Thelower end of this bar is pivoted on a bolt or pin 25, mounted at theright-hand end of the lower section 5, the end of the side bar beingfitted loosely between the cheek-plates thereof. The upper end of thebar also is beveled, as shown in Fig. 3, and is adapted to enter thespace between the cheek-pieces at the right-hand end of the uppersection 4, the bar 24 bearing against the web of the section 4 when thebar is in closed position. The bar 24 is held in place at its upper endby a sliding latch 26,the side edges of which are received in curvedtrackways 27, formed, respectively, on the cheek-plates of the uppersection 4, so that the latch may slide up and down to engage anddisengage the bar 24. The lat-ch26 has a finger-piece 28 forfacilitating the manipulation thereof, and the latch is also providedwith an enlarged beveled portion 29 at its lower end, which serves to beengaged by the beveled end of the bar 24, thus automatically throwingthe latch upward to permit the entrance of the bar into the spacebetween the cheek-plates, the latch subsequently gravitating outside ofthe end of the bar 24 to hold the bar in place. The downward movement ofthe latch 26 is limited by a screw or pin 30, projecting from the underface of the latch and adapted to engage with a cross-bar 31, extendingbetween the cheek-plates of the section 4 at a point directly above theupper end of the side bar 24.

By means of this construction when securing an animal by the stanchionthe latch 26 is raised and the bar 24 swung outward, as shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 1. The neck of the animal may now be placed in thestanchion and the bar 24 simply thrown inward, whereupon it willautomatically enter into engagement with the upper section 40f thestanchion and be locked therewith. The release of the animal is effectedsimply by raising the latch 26 and permitting the bar 24 to swingoutward.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- I 1. A cattle-stanchion, having a swinging sidesection, an end section formed of two ICO cheek-plates with a webrigidily joining them, the free end of the side section being adapted tofit loosely between the cheek-plates of the end sections and to bearagainst the web thereof, guideways formed respectively on thecheek-plates of the side sections, and a grav ity-latch mounted to slidein the guideways and having a beveled lower portion engaged by the freeend of the swinging side section, to automatically raise the latch topermit the entry of the side section, the latch being adapted togravitate outside of the side section to hold the same in place.

2. A cattle-stanchion, having two end sections, a side section extendingbetween and rigidly joined to the end sections, the upper end sectionbeing arched or curved, a second side section pivoted to the lower endsection and swinging toward and from the other end section, and a curvedlatch mounted on the upper end section and sliding longitudinallytherewith to automatically engage the free end of the swinging sidesection, whereby to hold the stanchion closed.

3. A cattle-stanchion, having a curved or arched end section providedwith guideways conforming to the curvature thereof, a curved latchsliding in said guideways, and a swingin g side section, the free end ofwhich is movable toward and from the latch of the end section, the sidesection serving to engage the latch and automatically raise the same tohold the side section in closed position.

WALTER DENISON CASE.

Witnesses:

C. H. DEMING, O. D. (Ass.

